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do you mind shaking a couple of hands? i know they would love that. ladies and gentlemen, carrie underwood. always nice, really is. carrie spent a lot of time before the concert actually saying hi to people. it's nice when they do that and take time to say hi to the fans. >> there are a lot of young fans, matt. look at some of the ages of kids looking for autographs. that's fun to see. we also want to tell you what's coming up in this half hour. recruiting specifically related to "american idol," word that ellen degeneres is leaving "american idol" and talking about the, quote, dim...

could be out too. and you won't believe who's in the running to replace them today, friday, july 30th, 2010. captions paid for by nbc-universal television good morning. welcome to "today" on a friday morning. i'm matt lauer. i'm not going to get into the "american idol" story and speculate as to who's going to replace those judges, but just notice meredith is not here. >> i'm ann curry in for meredith this morning. don't worry, she's going to be back on monday. you know, don't worry, come on, it's going to be all right. anyway, we've got to switch gears and talk about this fire. bo...